Networked Computers and Viruses/Malware

Q:Networked Computers and Viruses/Malware

Hello,

I have a quick question. If you have networked computers, how likely is it for virus/malware to affect any one of your connected computers? What's the likely hood of it happening? This is assuming that you have shared folders on each, but are read only.

The reason why I ask is because I intend for one of my computers to be a "download" computer - where I can just download mp3s and stuff, store it, then transfer mp3s over to my "good/clean" computer.

Would this setup work in preventing viruses on my good/clean computer?

Thanks in advance.

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Networked Computers and Viruses/Malware

I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.

Well, computers in a network will increase the possibility of being infected for the virus may quickly and easily infect the shared information. And since you are infected through the internet while your intranet is also infected cause you share the same access to the internet.So the best way is to install a firewall and antivirus software in your computers within one network.May this help you.good luck

Hi Gringo! As per your instructions after helping me successfully resolve my problems on my other computer (search.easylifeapp hijacker), you advised me to start another thread to take a look at the laptop networked to my computer, which may be spreading malware to my other networked devices. Below is my DDS.txt results, as well as my Attatch.txt file enclosed:

A:[GRINGO] Malware on my Laptop spreading to other Networked Computers

Hello The_Atomik_Punk!I would like to welcome you to the Malware Removal section of the forum.Around here they call me Gringo and I will be glad to help you with your malware problems.Very Important --> Please read this post completely, I have spent my time to put together somethings for you to keep in mind while I am helping you to make things go easier, faster and smoother for both of us!Please do not run any tools unless instructed to do so.We ask you to run different tools in a specific order to ensure the malware is completely removed from your machine, and running any additional tools may detect false positives, interfere with our tools, or cause unforeseen damage or system instability.Please do not attach logs or use code boxes, just copy and paste the text.Due to the high volume of logs we receive it helps to receive everything in the same format, and code boxes make the logs very difficult to read. Also, attachments require us to download and open the reports when it is easier to just read the reports in your post.Please read every post completely before doing anything.Pay special attention to the NOTE: lines, these entries identify an individual issue or important step in the cleanup process.Please provide feedback about your experience as we go.A short statement describing how the computer is working helps us understand where to go next, for example: I am still getting redirected, the computer is running normally, etc. Please do not describe the computer as "th... Read more

Three Computers on a home network.Desktop in Office (Windows 7) . Wife's Laptop (Windows 7). My laptop ( Vista unfortunately). Norton Security Suite and all three. I have a network setup and a Homegroup established.

Everything was setup and working so that I could share files between all three. My wife was able to open a desktop file make changes and save it back to the desktop computer.

All of that changed. Now we get a message when trying to save the file. "You do not have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission".

I have given the entire "MY Documents" sharing permission to everyone.

I have checked everything. I have looked over all kinds of forums and nothing has worked.

I am to the point of doing a complete reinstall of Windows 7 on my Desktop. I have spent tens of hours on this.

Any ideas?

A:Networked Computers - can't save files on networked Computers

Disable Norton on the Desktop, see if that fixes it. If not try disabling it on the other computers.

Do this only for testing. Re-enable when done. If it fixes the problem then you need to look at Norton to see how to allow access from the other computers.

I know that the opinions on how to handle computer virus infections number very, very high, probably as much as the number of computer users in the world. But as I've said before, I've been malware, virus and hack free since the fall of 1995. Since I was infected in the fall of 1995, I've taken a very aggressive approach to protecting my computer, and my wife's computer.Over the years when I've help many, many friends and family members, at the minimum with their systems, one thing always was true... even after the infection was supposedly cleaned, the computer(s) still didn't work as well as it did, before the infection. Despite the efforts of AVAST, Comodo, Norton, etc, there is absolutely no way they will, or can guarantee that all changes made to your system by malware, virus, etc are completely gone.So each time I helped a FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER clean their system(s), my three basic rules were clear:1. If they didn't reset their system back to factory specs, and rebuild the computer, they were on their own; I wouldn't help them again.2. If after the rebuild happened, they started to turn off security stuff (e.g. Firefox addons, firewall, etc), even just one item, they were on their own; I wouldn't help them again.3. If the suspected program causing the infection(s) was known (e.g. downloaded install file), they had to:3.1. Securly wipe the program off their computer; and3.2. Never use the program again.3.3. I... Read more

A:Malware, viruses and computers

IT IS MY OPINION, that if anyone gets a virus, a system reset is necessary.

I bet the Malware Removal Team would beg to differ. It would also depend on the type of infection , Will love to see what the Trained Malware Removal Team say.

I have my Laptop Dell Inspiron N4010,Windows 7 Home Premium got infected by malware's few month ago.I used Malwarebyte's to Remove it.But around 1 month the same thing occur again.I scan it again with Malwarebyte's but it didn't found anything.I also noticed that my External Hardisk cannot be safely removed.I want help to determined either the virus,Malware's or Spyware is still infecting my Machine.

A:Am my Computers still infected with Malware,Viruses,Spyware?

Welcome aboard Download Security Check from HERE, and save it to your Desktop. * Double-click SecurityCheck.exe * Follow the onscreen instructions inside of the black box. * A Notepad document should open automatically called checkup.txt; please post the contents of that document.=============================================================================Please download MiniToolBox and run it.Checkmark following boxes:Report IE Proxy SettingsReport FF Proxy SettingsList content of HostsList IP configurationList Winsock EntriesList last 10 Event Viewer logList Installed ProgramsList Users, Partitions and Memory sizeClick Go and post the result.=============================================================================Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (aka MBAM): http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free to your desktop. * Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program. * At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish. * If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. * Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan. * When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. * Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. * When completed, a log will open in Notepad. * Post the log back here.Be sure to restart th... Read more

Hi All, looking for ideas here.Work computers, all Dell, approx. 22 units running xp on the network. All computers share internet connection, but some are rarely used for that. Those particular pc's access no problem. Computers that are routinely used to access internet now having issues from certain sites not loading to all sites loading slow.Have verified that all settings on trouble computers are identical to working units. Have run spybot, ad-aware, and advanced windows cleaner on all units. Still cannot make access easy.Not sure if there is spyware that I can't track that is doing this or what. Have tried installing firefox for access instead of IE7, and that helps a little but not much.

Here goes a really dumb question but am doing it anyway. If I network 2 pc's wirelessly, if one goes down as in CRASH, does that affect the other one? Will the other one still run and beyond that, will it be able to connect to internet. thanks very much.Win xp sp2 - HP 1630n

A:2 computers networked

One computer will not affect the other. If one goes down and you have shared files on it, of course, then, the working one won't have access to those shared files. Other than that, the working one should still be able to connect to the internet.

I have one computer running xp and one running me. They are sharing disk info and communicating fine, yet I can't figure out why I can't get a Internet connection on the secondary computer (me). The me computer has no modem. And AOL said to simply download the Aol software to the me computer. Well it's still a no go. All the firewalls have been removed and still nothing. HELP!!I can't think of any thing else.

For some reason, I cannot see my networked computers on the network after the Windows 10 anniversary update. I have 4 windows 10 Pro computers on my home network, all was working before the update. Home group network appears to be working. Network Discovery is enabled. Thanks

Question: I have two computers running off one cable modem. They both have network cards, and the modem is hooked to a hub and the internet on each runs fine. They both have separate IP addrs. also.The question I have is why is it that the second computer seems to get booted from aol more than usual (unless it is usual to get booted from aol alot) And sometimes then it won't re-connect as if it is very busy on aol or internet explorer for that matter. The weird thing is that with the 1st computer, I hardly ever get booted from aol or have slow load times. The 1st pc is only a 350mhz and the second is a 500mhz both with 128mb memory and a 10/100 card installed. Both are running win98se ; Thanks.

I have a strange network problem-3 computers on a network, 2 wired, 1 wireless. Let's identify as follows: #1 are wired, #3 is wireless. I am using a Linksys WRT310N router and Linksys EG1032 Gigabit Adapters running XP SP2 on all machines. #1 & #2 can not transfer data between each other but they are on the network and are identified. I can ping each one successfully. #3 can transfer data with the other two, no problem. I have checked everything I can think of on 1 and 2 but I can not find anything wrong. I do have internet connections on all machines working. Something hidden on these machines is not set right. How can I troubleshoot this problem beyond what is normal-names, domains, file sharing, etc, etc. Can I start over some way be deleting some system files-something is corrupt somewhere. Perhaps there is some software that might help me find the problem. I am in some serious need of some help. I have about 8 hours in the problem at this point.

I do not think it is the WRT310N because I had everything working yesterday using DLink Gigabit adapters. They dropped out all the time so I had to switch them to Linksys and that is when my trouble started. The WRT310N worked fine yesterday. I have taken down all firewalls and this is not the problem.

Thanks

A:networked computers can't see each other

I got it. Writing the message made me stand back and think about what was wrong-obviously something was wrong with the Linksys Gigabit adapters-that is what was common to the two computers that would not move data between each other and they were a new piece of hardware added today. When I installed the cards, I changed Jumbo Frame from disable to 7 kb MTN thinking the speed would be better. Once I changed this setting back to disable I can mother data between all computers now.

In Windows Explorer I can see all the computers on the network and have read/write privileges. When I'm sending an email and try to attach a file, the networked computers do not show up so I cannot attach the file. I must save the file to my computer in order to attach it in an email. I have Windows 7 and am using Outlook 2010.

A:Seeing networked computers

Map a drive to one of the other computers, and you should be able to see it when attaching a file.

I don't know why I have trouble with this, I'm pretty tech savvy but for some reason I cannot get my XP system and Win98 to recognize eachother on my network. The network is working because they both share a router and both can access the web fine but for some reason I cannot set it up to swap files between the two systems. Does anyone know of a good website with a tutorial that might help. I've tried many, many times and it just isn't happening (I even resorted to following the instructions which came with the router).

Thanks,JTN

A:cant see my networked computers

Assuming you can ping each other by IP by not the hoostname. it could be the name resolution issue. You may try to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

MS provides many options for NetBIOS name resolution such as local cache ... NetBIOS and WINS name resolution is required only on mixed-mode (Windows 95, ...http://www.chicagotech.net/netbios&wins.htm

Sometime in the last several months, my kids have complained that when one of them starts AIM when it is running on another computer on the network, they get kicked off.

I am using a DLink DI-704 router with four computers connected to it. Does anyone know if AIM only allows one person to log in per IP address? This is definately something that has changed recently, since there hasnt been all this yelling and screaming between sisters (regarding AIM anyway) before the last few months.

I have three computers, all running windowsXP, and a wireless d-link router. My computer is directly connected to the router, my two daughters computers are connected via wireless d-link router cards. We have no problem connecting to the internet on any of the three computers.

I never really cared before about being able to share the computers or printers, but I recently installed Spector Pro on both of my daughters computers to monitor their activity and installed the Spector Viewer on mine. I would obviously like to use my computer to view the Spector reports on the kids computers rather than having to run up to their computers to see the reports.

I ran the networking wizard, and both of the kids computers see each other but not mine, and when I go to My Network Places on MY computer, I seem to be out of the loop. I was also able to share one daughters printer with the other daughters computer.

The network is definately named the same on all three computers.

I am not sure what else I need to do to get mine tied in with theirs.

Any suggestions, or any other information I should provide you?Thanks for your help!!! This forum is fantastic

A:three computers networked

From the daughters computer can you ping your own computer? If not then check your Windows Firewall settings if your running SP2. If its enabled disable it and then try and ping.

Small company has 3 computers networked. When someone on the #1 computer is typing the person on the #2 computer can't type. They are all newer Gateway computers running XP. #3 computer is used by the boss and mostly after everyone else has gone home so as far as I know there isn't a problem with that one. A clue where to start looking to fix this problem? Thanks so much Janetlee

Hi there, was wondering if maybe a fresh brain might help on this. I have a laptop and desktop and simply want to network them together via a BT HomeHub, to share files. I had both of them connected fine a few weeks ago but my Vista install went bust after installing a beta driver so I had to reinstall. Now, here's the details of the problem:

- The desktop is Windows XP and the laptop is Vista Ultimate.
- The desktop is wired into the HomeHub, the laptop is wireless.
- Both running Norton Internet Security 2007
- I have NIS2007 on both of them set to trust the network and to trust each computer individually also.
- Windows firewall is turned off on both machines.
- Both machines are in the MSHOME workgroup.
- Have Network discovery and File & Printer sharing turned on in the Vista Network Manager thing.
- I can ping between both machines fine using their name and IP address.

When I go into "View devices" on the laptop, I can see the laptop and another one called "Thomson" which is the Homehub itself but not my desktop. However, when I go to run and type \\desktop\ I do get a folder up but it contains only "Printers" and none of the other shared folders. If I try to access \\desktop\share then I just get a message saying it couldn't be reached. On the desktop if I try to get to \\laptop\ I get nowhere!

I even tried turning Norton off on both machines but it seemed to make no difference. Like I said, I had file sharing... Read more

A:Can't get two computers networked!!

is it xp pro or home?

xp pro or home my friend

if its xp home you will need to make the user account and passwrd the same on each machine

if thats not the case id say norton is playing games with you. try uninstalling the norton and see if that helps

This is for a friend of mine. She would like to know if her son can see the sites thatshe has been to or any of the history on their networked computers. She has told me that he is able to "send" things to her computer and is also able to put icons on her coputer from his.

Hi, im trying to network 3 computers, one is xp home and the other 2 are xp professional. the xp home computer and one of the xp pro computers can see eachother but the other xp pro computer cannot see them and vice versa. also, that xp computer cannot ping itself and it can access the internet. i have tried enabling netbios and reconfiguring my router, and the NIC is good becuase i just bought it and ive tried a differnt NIC and it still did the same thing, someone help!

A:Cannot See Networked Computers

they are also on the SAME workgroup and their names ARE different from eachother

Finally, I connected a external hdd onto the router but no cpu seems to find it.

I know it's a lot of problems, but the network used to work in the past and it started doing all of this when I deleted some common picture files from the network, I tried putting them back on, but it doesn't change anything.

My end goal is to get a functionning network and put password restrictions on all files.

Thank you for your time.

A:Can't access networked computers

What operating system are you running? XP? Win7? You might want to make sure they are all on the same workgroup. The instructions are kinda different depending on the O/S.

Just click the start button and type in change workgroup, and follow the directions.

Ok I have 8 computers2 computer will have a camera attached to it importing photos as they are being shot. (2 photo stations) Trick is I need to transfer all photos taken in real time to the remaining 6 computers at the same time.What is the best way to do this and what software to export all photos to the six computers.I'm running windows 7. I set this up as a home group but it was really slow. When I tried to use a network printer it would freeze the network?I need it to monitor new files as the photos come in. Also all photos also need to be copied to 6 different computers so guest could access their photo on any computer.

This is how I currently have it set up. I have 2 Computers with cameras attached that takes the photos and sends them to PC1 (My Server Computer) The server computer also has the network printer attached. Each photo is about 300K-500K size. Different photo is transfer every 15 seconds. The server computer is also connected to the other 5 Computers. The guest goes to one of the computers, scans a card and their photo pops up which is located on the server computer, they also have an option to print the photo. The problem is when the guests scans their card the photo is very slow to pull up ( about 15-20 seconds ) Second is when they hit print it freezes up sometimes for up to 2 minutes. I connected as a home group and first did connection wireless Then connect everything through a Ethernet cord which speed it just a little not m... Read more

I have 2 computers (both running WinXP SP2) setup in a wireless network (dlink adsl modem/router). The main computer is connected to the router by cable and the other computer connected via wireless NIC.Both computers can access the internet, and I can ping each computer from the other but I cannot connect them to share files, etc.I have worked through several tutorials and all the settings seem to be right, however when I try to view each computer within View Workgoup Computers, I cannot access them. On the main computer, both are listed in the workgroup, however when I click on the icon I get an error message saying that the network path was not found.ON the second computer, when I try to View Workgroup Computers I just get an error message saying that Workgroup is not accessible.Any suggestions?

I have a laptop and a desktop which are directly connected with a cat-5 cable.the laptop IP is 192.168.0.2/24 and the desktop IP is 192.168.0.3/24 so far the laptop can ping with the desktop, but not the other way around . i need help finding the program\firewall or other reason it doesn't work. help would be GREATLY welcome. thanks!

Below is the HijackThis log file on my laptop which is one of my 2 computers on my network, the other being my desktop. I have no idea what has happened or what infections I have. But I cannot even open HijackThis on my desktop computer to post my log file! Some of the problems I am having is:1. Keyboard putting in several characters when typing only one key on my laptop.2. Can't access Internet Explorer Internet Options on either computer (and I have ran AML Free Registry Cleaner and also read tut's on how to remove restrictions in regedit without any luck).3. Can't open my HijackThis on my desktop Computer!4. Dll errors on my laptop.5. Subscript used with Non Array variables on startup error after running a registry repair on my laptop.6. Can't update my antivirus programs on my desktop.I have ran AVG, Adware, Spybot, Malewarebytes, and a AML Free Registry Cleaner with some luck on this computer but none on my desktop computer. I have ran in both safe mode and regular mode when possible.I have windows XP.Here is my HijackThis log file for my laptop below, how can I get it to run on my desktop?????Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2Scan saved at 11:51:51 PM, on 11/30/2008Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16735)Boot mode: NormalRunning processes:C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exeC:\WINDOWS\system32... Read more

We have a VPN on a Cisco RV320. We also have a WINs server set up. When I access the VPN from my windows 7 laptop I can ping our server by name and IP address. But I am not able to view any devices apart from my own on the Network Places window. When I
am inside the network I am seeing all of the computers just fine. When my boss accesses the VPN from his windows 10 laptop he cannot ping our server by name but he can ping it by IP address.

I have a couple of computers running on a local network, connected via a Technicolor 105+ TC8305C (xfinity router) most are wired, but 2-3 are wireless. My ISP is comcast. I think we use cable. Everyone uses Norton 360 Premier Edition.
My IPCONFIG -all - Pastebin.com

^That was because of this

My problem is that I want to reference another computer, PERSON-PC, to use the msg command, and some other thing I forgot. I have remote desktop and security setup, preferably I want to setup some environment variables.

A:name/env variable for networked computers

Your DNS Servers are pointing to external servers.

This will make internal DNS queries - I.E. PERSON-PC get resolved on an external server.

Your DNS Server needs to be changed to your local router.

As you are getting DHCP from 10.0.0.1, I wuold suggest changing the LAN DHCP Settings to give out the router as the DNS Server. OR Setup static IP Addresses.

I have two networked computers (they are also Homegrouped). When printing from my desktop, there is no problem (the printer is connected to the desktop, it is not directly connected to the laptop). However, I don't know how to print from the laptop.

A:@ computers networked, can't print from one of them???

Hi flycaster. This is easily fixed, but need a couple of answers first:

Presumably, as they are homegrouped both machines are running 7?Can you share files and folders between them?What is the printers make and model?Under "OS" in your system specs you list Windows 7 HP 64 bit twice, I assume this means both machines are 64 bit?Lastly, from the desktop, please open command prompt and type
Code:
ipconfig /all
and post back the results.

We have a Dell desktop with Vista and an internal modem on MSN dial-up, yes it's slow. My wife has just purchase a Toshiba netbook with Windows 7 for use at work and meetings. She plans to occasionally use it at home. We will NOT be networking the computers or using the internet simulataneously. What would be the best method and how to connect? Wireless or hard wire is okay. How do I set-up the netbook for MSN? Can I use the same disc I used on the desktop or would it be one application only? Thanks for any info, just wanted good advice ahead of experimentation.

A:Two computers, one dial-up ISP, non-networked

If the Toshiba has an internal modem, I'd just configure it for your dial-up ISP.

I have upgraded my vista home premium to Win 7. I now cannot access the Xp computers on my home network but I can access my other Vista computers ok. I can ping all by ip and name ok. But file access just comes up with error 0x80070035 'the network path was not found'. All the computers can access the Win7 computer and read files ok. All the computers are on the same workgroup, Nothing been changed on any other computer as it all worked before this upgrade! Tried disabling the firewall, set to Home network, no homegroup set. The original vista drive which I 'ghosted' before I upgraded to 7 still works with full access to all networked computers.

A:No access to networked xp computers

Hey Boogieman! If it helps any, I can relate! I had the same problem during the betas. I did a clean install of RC and for a while, all was well. This morning, something changed on my laptop. It can no longer access my windows xp machine. Gives the same error: "the network path was not found". I also did a clean install of RC on my desktop machine and it is still working fine with the xp machine networked. I have compared everything I can think to compare and all is the same yet my laptop doesn't see my xp machine. I can ping it fine and even see it in the network but when I double click it, it gives me the same error. I hope someone has a fix for this!

I have a new second p/c that I just hooked up. Both of them are running w2k & are connected to a D-link router. I can get to the internet from both computers and both units are in the router log. My problem is that they don't communicate with each other. I would like to use the newer larger unit as as server or main storage unit but I cant get them to see the other. I have them set up to automatically detect settings. 1 IP address is 192.168.0.131 and the other is 192.168.0.190. Please help

A:Networked Computers Cant Talk

From computer #1 do the following:

go to start run and type //192.168.0.190 go to start run and type //the#1ComputerName

From computer #2 do the following:

go to start run and type //192.168.0.131 go to start run and type //The#2ComputerName

then try to ping both ips

Please results and ipconfig/all

NOTE: for future reference, This should have been posted in the networking forum.

Hi ozfemme. I'm back. I only see a couple of missing file items to clean up. There are currently no signs of viruses or malware. Let's fix the items and then do some standard cleanup maintenance.Step #1Start HijackThis and click the Scan button to perform a scan. Look for the following items and click in the checkbox in front of each item to select it:O2 - BHO: (no name) - {549B5CA7-4A86-11D7-A4DF-000874180BB3} - (no file)O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file)Now close ALL open windows except HijackThis and click the Fix Checked button to finish the repair.Step #2Download CleanUp! and install it. Start CleanUp! and click on the CleanUp! button. Let it run to completion. It may take a few minutes depending on the size of your hard drive so be patient.Step #3OK. Reboot your computer normally, start HijackThis and perform a new scan. Use the Add Reply button to post your new log file back here along with details of any problems you encountered performing the above steps and I will review it when it comes in.OT

I have a problem with a computer that can't access \\computername. When I attempt to access computername I get the following message:

Windows cannot access \\computernameCheck the spelling...

The details say "Error code 0x80070035, the network path was not found"

This computer is the only computer on the network that can't access this resource.

Things I've tried:

\\itself this worked OK

ping computername, I get echos

I found an article that talked about the possibility of that the TCP/IP NetBIOS configuration might be a problem. Sure enough, the service was stopped.

I tried to start it and I'm getting this error:

Error 1075: The dependency service does not exist or has been marked for deletion.So looking through the system logs I see the following errors when the system boots:1. The TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service depends on the following service: NetBT. This service might not be installed. (Looking in the services console, I don't see this service listed)

2. The NTRU TSS v1.2.1.29 TCS service depends on the TPM Base Services service which faled to start because of the following error: the operation completed successfully.

3. Event 7023, Service Control Manager: The netwareWorkstation service terminated with the following error: The specified module could not be found.

Ok, I have 2 computers. A is for gaming and such while B is my media computer with movies/music/anime/pictures/etc on it. They are networked through my router (D-Link) and have all access allowed.

Now when I try to play a song on A from compy B it's all choppy, but when I play a song from B on compy B (the host) it plays like a dream.

Why does this happen and what would be a fix for it? Using Win7 and both are high end computers (i5/i7)

A:WMP choppy audio over Networked computers

what kind of router are you using?? Is it a wireless router and is it wireless B/G/N?? wireless N is best for streaming music via network or if they are plugged via ethernet cables (which it doesnt sound like) are your NIC's (network Interface Card) on ur PC's compatible with ur router technology?

I have 2 networked computers and the internet on both works fine. one is the server/gateway and the other is the client on the server/gateway computer i can access many websites and play many online games.. but on the client i can only open a few websites and play no online games.. ive tried opening the port of these games in the connection settings but they stilll dont work i really need help

modem: ZyXel Dsl modem
connect: USB 2.0 networking cable

A:2 networked computers that work diffrently

what exactly is the problem? and what do u mean by online games? games from websites or multiplayer games like UT2004 and stuff like that? u usually dont have to open ports for playing games, only for hosting them

I have two PC's, one being Windows XP and the other Windows 2000, that both connect to the internet through a Linksys Wireless Access Point Router. They are both hooked up to the router via an ethernet cable, not wirelessly. I am trying to set it up so that I can share files between them, mainly to copy files from my XP machine to the other as a source of backup. I set both up with the same workgroup name "HOME" and set it so that the files I want to share from the XP machine are shared. When the I am on my XP machine and look at the computers in my workgroup, I can see my 2000 machine and I'm able to access it and do everything perfectly. However, when looking at the workgroup from the 2000 machine, I can see my XP machine, but I cannot access it. I double click the computer and it says "\\ComputerName is not accessible. The network path was not found." I replaced the name of my XP machine with "ComputerName" just for this thread. What is going wrong? Just to add, I have another XP machine connected to the router wirelessly and from that computer I can access both the other XP machine and the 2000 machine. Is there a setting that I missed or am I just doing something wrong? Thanks for the help.

I've been banging my head on the wall for several days on this one. I did a lot of searches and tried numerous suggestions, but have had no luck as of yet.

My Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine recently stopped being able to communicate with any other machines on the network. It can ping them by name, but can't browse to any shared folders or use any shared services. I do have one networked printer, but access was via http so it seems to work. The big problem is that I have some Windows XP machines that have shared folders and shared printers and I can not access them.

Since the Epson worked fine I thought may it is a wireless issue or maybe an issue connecting from Windows 7 to Windows XP. I went through hundreds of forum posts about people with issues connecting to XP with no luck (i.e. network discovery is on, file/print sharing is enabled, all machines on the same Workgroup, etc.). All of the various XP machines can see each other, ping each other, and browse each other's shared folders. In fact, all of said machines are capable of browsing the Windows 7 64-bit machine's shared folders, but it can't browse theirs.

Sorry to hear about your problems, I recently had a problem with this especially trying to communicate Windows XP Home 32 to Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. IT sounds like you have all your bases covered but I would recommend disabling your firewall(s) temporarily and seeing if you can communicate. Lemme know how this goes for you.

We have 2 computers A, B both running windows xp --File sharing is enabled on both. Currently we print from both computers along the network to the same printer. We are trying to share files as well and are currently unable to. What we are trying to do is share a filemaker database and go to network neighborhood in order to see the hard drive of computer A from B and visa versa but are unable to. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, I have 2 machines, XP Pro (BOX 1) and XP Home (Box 2), that I recently networked together. Both see each other on the network.Box 1 can get and share files from Box 2. In Explorer I can even copy files from Box 1 over to Box 2. My problem is...when I'm on Box 2 and I attempt to view the shares from Box 1, I get an error. Box 1 documents is inaccessible..You might not have permission etc......Contact Administrator etc....( I am the administrator on both) and then in a new paragraph below this it says......Not enough server storage is available to process this command. I should also mention that Box 2 can send and complete print jobs to the printer attached to Box 1. I have scoured the internet to find a ready made solution...so needless to say, I have done and checked numerous things i.e...........NetBios over TCP/IP is enabled on both, I have increased the IRPStackSize, simple file sharing is enabled on XP Pro and I understand its enabled on XP home by default, basically all the most common problems. Obviously I have shares set-up on both machines or I could'nt print or share files. As I said, I can recieve and send files from Box 1 to and from Box 2, so in essence I have a functional network. What bothers me, and makes it really only semi-functional, is that I can't access files on Box 1 "from" Box 2. I hope I am not being overly redundant, but if anyone can think of anything that might help me correct this issue , I would greatly appreciate it !... Read more

A:Inaccessible Files on Networked Computers

Problem Solved. If anyone has this problem...Google Changing the IRPStackSize in XP. In my previous post I had already increased the IRP to 15..as a last ditch effort i went back into the registry and changed the value to 20 (Max is 50), rebooted and now Box 2 can access Box 1. Functional network!!!!!!!!!!....Thank God!!!!!!!!!.......now I can sleep tonite!!

Just visiting my mom for a week and can't manage to get her to machines to talk to each other.

They are both using Windows ME, both have the same workgroup name (identical in capital letters too), each has its own computer name, each has a shared folder (I made it the hard drive C to simplify things), in the "Configuration" tab of "My Network Places" each has "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks" installed, each has "Client for Microsoft Networks" as the "Primary Network Logon, each has "I want to be able to give others access to my files" and "I want to be able to allow others to print to my printers" in the "File and Print Sharing" tab, and each has "Share-level access control" checked in "Access Control".

The computer in the bedroom recognizes the workgroup but only sees itself (bedroom), while the computer in the livingroom recognizes the workgroup but only sees itself (livingroom).

I usually take care of my own problems simply by googling them but this situation here is a whole new thing to me... I have 3 computers at home, 2 desktops and 1 laptop (which I am using now because he is the only one left functional). Those two desktops are networked together, I can fully explore one PC from another etc... earlier today me and my brother were playing World of Tanks. I copied its folder from brothers desktop PC ( ''1'' in further reference ) to mine ( ''2'' ). That is the only common thing we did today on both computers so that is the reason I am mentioning it. Everything worked fine until we turned them off and went out. As soon as I came back I tried using PC ''2'' (my PC) and it went crazy. It booted up and only showed cursor. I pressed ctrl+alt+del and turned on ''explorer'' since it didn't start. Explorer ran and opened 3 ''libraries'' folders which are supposted to be applications ''garena'', ''xfire'' and ''hamachi''. Their icons on desktop were now replaced with a simple folder icon. Upon trying to google whats going on my PC just shut down. Tried doing it a couple more times and failed miserably. Then I tried using PC ''1'' (brothers) which took me by surprise He did the same thing, only difference is that he has ''hotmail messenger'', some '&... Read more

Hi--i have a high speed internet service thru a local cable provider, we have 3 computers networked together, on one of them i cannot access the internet at all, on the other 2 i can? the problem computer is running on windows 98, and i have to assume that this is a ethernet problem? I am using a router as well for all three computers, it's a LINKSYS cable/dsl router---?Can anyone help? also---when i usually turn on my computer, the microsoft network box usually comes up and i have to click ok and windows proceeds to load, but when i turn on my computer, that network box doesnt even come up anymore--it just loads directly to the windows desktop? I also looked under my system properties and went into device manager and i noticed that there is a yellow ? mark on other devices, and when i click on the + sign to drop down the other devices, it shows PCI ethernet controller, saying the driver needs to be re-installed, which i cant because when i try to, it says, windows was unable to locate drivers? any suggestions?tatta5

A:Solved: no internet-on one of my networked computers

You need to find the driver that matches the NIC in the machine and install it, that's the first step to getting back onto the network. The reason you don't see the Microsoft Networking logon anymore is because without the NIC you don't have a network!